Drain cleaner tool
AssigneeMilwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
InventorsBenjamin J. Paprocki, Benjamin T. Jones, Aaron M. Williams, Nicole Z. Summersett, Jack R. Warning
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Abstract
A tool for opening or removing a blockage from a drain is shown. In one embodiment, the drain cleaning tool includes a drum, a spinning handle, a support handle, a cable, and a cable lock assembly. The spinning handle is coupled to the drum and rotatable to coil the cable after use of the drain cleaning tool. The support handle is positioned between the drum and a tip of the drain cleaning tool. In another embodiment, the drain cleaning tool includes a tip portion, a body, a handle, and a cable. The drain cleaning tool further includes a flexible portion of the cable and retention mechanism such that the drain cleaning tool can be folded.
Claims12
A drain cleaning tool comprising:
- a drum;
- an elongated tube extending from the drum along a longitudinal axis of the drain cleaning tool, the elongated tube including an opening at a distal end from the drum;
- a cable lock assembly coupled to the distal end of the elongated tube, the cable lock assembly comprising:
- a tip portion including:
- a first end positioned at the distal end of the elongated tube;
- and
- a second end opposing the first end, the second end including an exit opening;
- and
- an actuator rotatably engaged with the tip portion and extending along the longitudinal axis of the drain cleaning tool;
- a cable stored within the drum and configured to extend through the elongated tube and the tip portion;
- and
- an actuator channel extending between opposing ends of the actuator along the longitudinal axis of the drain cleaning tool such that when the actuator channel is aligned with elongated tube, the cable is moveable within the actuator channel and wherein, when the actuator channel is offset from the elongated tube by a distance, the cable is pressed between an inner surface of the actuator channel and an inner surface of the elongated tube to fix a position of the cable;
- wherein the actuator is rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the drain cleaning tool between an unlocked position in which the cable is moveable with respect to the tip portion and a locked position in which the cable is fixed with respect to the tip portion.
A drain cleaning tool comprising:
- a drum;
- an elongated tube extending from the drum along a longitudinal axis of the drain cleaning tool, the elongated tube including an opening at a distal end from the drum;
- a cable lock assembly coupled to the distal end of the elongated tube, the cable lock assembly comprising:
- a tip portion including:
- a first end positioned at the distal end of the elongated tube;
- and
- a second end opposing the first end, the second end including an exit opening;
- and
- an actuator rotatably engaged with the tip portion, the actuator including an actuator channel extending along the longitudinal axis of the drain cleaning tool;
- and
- a cable positioned within the drum and configured to extend through the elongated tube and the exit opening into a drain;
- wherein the actuator is rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the drain cleaning tool between an unlocked position in which a longitudinal actuator axis is collinear with the longitudinal axis of the drain cleaning tool such that the cable is movable within the actuator channel and a locked position in which the longitudinal actuator axis is parallel to and not collinear to the longitudinal axis of the drain cleaning tool such that the cable is pressed between an inner surface of the actuator channel and an inner surface of the elongated tube to lock the cable in place.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.